LONG SHOT Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

long shot

noun

Definition of long shot

as in dark horse

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sure thing

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Recent Examples of long shot Merino came on in the 86th minute and scored on his second touch of the match, charging into the box and pouncing after Lammens spilled a rebound of Pau Cubarsí’s long shot. — Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026 Asteroid mining may sound like a long shot, but so did reusable rockets not long ago — and in both cases, the engineering was never really the question. — Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026 No Republican has won the Los Angeles mayor’s office since 1997, making Pratt’s bid a significant long shot from the outset. — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2026 Pratt, who rose to prominence in the early aughts as the antagonist of MTV’s The Hills, lost his long shot bid for Los Angeles mayor’s seat last month, placing third in the city’s primary after months of headline-grabbing interviews and campaigning. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for long shot

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Noun

As far as dark horse bets, Murakami will be popular, given his explosion into the league.

— J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 13 July 2026
Speedy Ethan Bonner, the third-year player, is a dark horse starting candidate.

— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2026

Definition of dark horse

Noun

The footage suggests that the brutal body slamming may be in service of a meal — or perhaps a form of play for the orcas, researchers reported Thursday in the journal Frontiers in Ethology.

— Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
On the contrary, Atlanta United, which started play in 2017, got the All-Star Game in its second year after smashing several attendance records.

— Kamran Nia July 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026

Definition of play

Noun

Once that classroom discussion begins, academics will surely have some more words for all the creative liberties Nolan’s movie takes.

— Antonio Ferme, Variety, 18 July 2026
For all the culture-war debates about the liberties Nolan took in his casting, his most radical deviation from the text has to do with agency and who has it.

— Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026

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